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Project Description:
This project builds technical and organizational capacities of Non-
Governmental Organizations and
Community-Based Organizations in Aceh
and Nias. Small grants enable NGOs and
CBOs to engage in demand-oriented
reconstruction activities.
The project also supports NGOs and their networks to set up local Resource Centers as focal points for
activities, exchange, training, and dialogue with the local governments and civil society. Civil Society
Organizations (CSO) will participate in training and compete for small grants that can be used either for
monitoring of reconstruction activities or as community development grants. In this way, the project can
support initiatives such as building basic social services and income generating activities.
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| Project Name |
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Support
to Strengthen the role and capacity of civil society
organizations in the recovery of Aceh.
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| Grant Amount |
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USD $ 6 million |
| Implementation Period |
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February 2007 - June 2010 |
| Geographic Area |
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Aceh and Nias |
| Partner Agency |
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UNDP |
| Executing Agency |
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UNDP |
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Achievement to date
The establishment of resource centers (one in Aceha nd one in Nias) has enabled civil society and organizations to more effectively communicate their individual or institutional needs, and the community now has a platform where they are formally able to request assistance. the small grants issued have resulted in social facilities that benefit the whole village, including early childhood facilities in Nias and Aceh and a public well in Nias. Small grants have also facilitated increases in income in communities through various economic acitvities such as goat farming, local wood-waste handicraft production and chili farming in Aceh and cocoa farming and pig farming in Nias. A number of women's initiatives have been supported by the CSO project, including sewing cooperatives in Aceh. The women describe an increase in self-conficence as they have been able to secure additional income from their activities and as they now have means to engage with their goups in meaningful and productive ways.
Results as of Sep 30, 2009 |
Achievements |
Small grants provided values of grants |
141/US$ 2,677,463 |
| Beneficiaries of livelihood grants |
33,398 (14,764 women) |
| CSRC staff trained (training of trainers) |
83 (25 women) |
| CSO staff trained |
1,100 (324 women) |
Challenges
The challenge to promote sustainability of the centers by fostering a close link between CSRC and the CSOs still continues. Ongoing funding after the program closes remains a concern, adn the program is looking at means of generating funds to continue the operation of the centers.
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